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,,,,,,,,,~ A SECRET ROUNDABOUT: IN WHAT USED TO BE ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~/ BRAZIL OR CHINA. FENCED IN, SECLUDED BY /~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~/$ SPECIAL PLANTS GROWING UNUSUALLY TALL. $/~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~/$$ SPELLED IN BY PURPOSEFUL SYMMETRY, $$/~,,,,,,
,,,,,~/$$¤ ROADS LIKE SYMBOLS, ALIGNED WITH ¤$$/~,,,,,
,,,,~/$$¤@ LEY LINES. DIALED IN WITH WELL-ROUNDED @¤$$/~,,,,
,,,~/$$¤@# GPS COORDINATES. #@¤$$/~,,,
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,,,,,~/$$¤ A DANGEROUS GAME: THE ROUNDABOUT IS ¤$$/~,,,,,
,,,,,,~/$$ IMPORTANT TO SOME LARGE CONSTELLATION $$/~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~/$ OF INTENTS AND BUREAUCRACIES. $/~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~/ GOVERNMENTS AND COMPANIES ARE CREATURES /~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ IN A WAY. YET PEOPLE SNEAK SMALL ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, BETWEEN THEIR CLAWS, AND HIDE IN THE ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, ROADSIDE BUSHES. THEY WAIT THERE. ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, VEHICLES APPROACH; THE GAME IS ON - ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, QUICKLY THE PEOPLE ASSEMBLE IN WELL ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, PRACTICED GEOMETRIES. THEIR BODIES MAKE ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, COUNTER-SPELLS ON THE ASPHALT. TRAFFIC ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, IS INSTANTLY DIVERTED, FLOWS IN SICK ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, WAYS, LIKE DOGS LET LOOSE. SYMMETRY IS ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ LOST. ~,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,~/$ CARS ARE EJECTED INTO THE GREENS. SHIPS $/~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~/$$ COLLIDE. THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF $$/~,,,,,,
,,,,,~/$$¤ CASUALTIES, ON BOTH SIDES. THE ¤$$/~,,,,,
,,,,~/$$¤@ SPELLMAKERS WILL NOT COME HOME. IT @¤$$/~,,,,
,,,~/$$¤@# SICKENS ME, THIS PHYSICAL REALITY OF #@¤$$/~,,,
,,~/$$¤@## IT, BUT THE CAUSE IS JUST. I SNEAK BACK ##@¤$$/~,,
,,,~/$$¤@# OVER THE FENSE, HEADING SOUTH. #@¤$$/~,,,
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